Necktie-fastener.



No. 698,219. Patented Apr. 22, I902. V v s. B. PALMER.

NEGKTIE FASTENER.

(Application filed Nuvv 16, 1901.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' SAMUEL B. PALMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTlE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,219, dated April 22, 1 902.

Application filed November 16, 1901. Serial No. 82,507. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings accompanying and forming a part of the same.

The invention which forms the subject of my present application for patent is an improvement in neckties of that class in which there is a made-up or permanent bow attached to a band which encircles the collar 'and fastens-with a hook and eye or some similar device at the back of wearers neck. The specific construction of the necktie as a whole may be considerably varied from that described; but itis essential to the improvement that it have a bow or tie of some sort and a band to encircle the neck for the purpose of holding the bow or its equivalent in position.

The object of the invention is to provide for such a necktie a better and more simple device for keeping the bow in its proper position. Heretofore it has been usual in such forms of necktie to employ a device permanently secured to the bow and adapted to engage with the collar-button, such engagement being maintained by the pull of the elastic neckband. This is the means very generally used with neckties designed to be worn with standing collars. In other ties intended to be worn'with-turned or low collars the neckband is dispensed with and various devices used for the purpose of engaging with the collar-button and some portion of the collar itself. These means have included a resilient wire attached to the tie and bent at its middle point to form a loop for engaging with the collar-button and having its ends formed with hooks of some sort to engage with the lower edges of the collar on opposite sides of the button.

In carrying out my invention I depend upon the neckband to bind the tie to the collar and provide a' resilient wire with hooked'ends, which is permanently secured toand concealed in the bow and arranged to engage with the lower edges of the collar on opposite sides of the button. This wire is of special form on both sides by a smooth metal.

for the purposes hereinafter more fully set forth. n

In the drawings annexed, Figure 1 is a front view of a collar with my improved necktie applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of the under side of the tie. Fig. 3 is a view of the springwire attachment. A represents a made bow or tie, and B a band to which it' is attached. The ends of the band are provided with some means, such as a hook C on one and a ring or eye D on the other, by the engagement of which they are joined. The band usually includes an elastic section E.

F is a steel wire bent to form a small ring or eye G at its middle point and close spirals H at its ends, forming gripping devices for the band and collar. This wire is passed through the folds of the bow A and secured therein by a few stitches through the ring G. The end spirals H are similarly secured by stitches to the inner surface ofthe band B on opposite sides of the bow and near the lower edge of the same, the band being placed between two adjacent coils of the spiral, as will be clearly seen in Fig. 2. When the band is passed around the neck and secured, the spirals H are caused to engage with the lower edge of the collar, as shown in Fig. 1. As seen in Fig. 2, the collar must necessarily be held between the band and one of the coils of the spiral, and the friction between the band and the collar is considerably more than that which would result if the collar were gripped V This keeps the tie securely in place, no other fastening being necessary and no part of the fastening devices being visible.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- A fastener for a necktie having a band encircling the neck, having means at its center for securing it in the tie, spring gripping devices at its ends engaging the band and secured thereto, and adapted to engage a collar and hold said band tightly against the said collar, substantially as shown and described.

SAMUEL B. PALMER. Witnesses:

M. LAWSON DYER, JOHN C. KERR. 

